If some fleet operators have it their way, the best outcome of the current annual PNA meeting would be a call for a global tuna fishery closure of up to two months. Boatowners believe that the...
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60s Top Catcher Returns To Fishing
Despite an unsuccessful return last year, one North European nation plans to bounce back to tuna fishing in 2015. Last year Norway placed its bets on Atlantic bluefin fishing, following its...
Instagram Takes Enthusiasts Into Bustling Tuna Markets
Tuna fishermen from all over the world are posting daily ‘tuna life’ photos to their Instagram accounts, but for some, and for those who are simply tuna enthusiasts, it’s not just a diary,...
Taiwanese Vessels Head To Online Auction
After sitting motionless in Cape Town Harbor for over three months, two Taiwanese longliners will now head to online auction, the apparent new trend in selling off vessels. In November 2014,...
Ecuador’s Skipjack Catch Nearly Doubles
The most dominant EPO fishing fleet has nearly doubled its skipjack catch over the past seven years, reeling in 87 percent more of the species since 2007. This dramatic rise by the Ecuadorian...
Vizaq Fresh Tuna Exports To Boost With Airlifting
India is hoping to boost its annual exports of fresh tuna to Japan, the US, and the EU, by introducing a new airlifting facility close to its most busy tuna port. The airport in Visakhapatnam,...
Snowden Exposes Spying On Tuna Negotiations
For some time now, New Zealand has reportedly been spying on its neighbors in the Pacific, collecting calls, social media messages, emails, and sharing them with the US government; some of...
Is This The Highest Yellowfin Catch The EPO’s Ever Seen?
In a year where EPO tuna catches have soared to a six year high, catches of one species have been especially plentiful. Going back in the stats, 2014 yellowfin landings in the EPO have hit a...
SkyTruth Assists Arrest Tuna Pirates, From Space
Backed by Google, the recently launched satellite vessel-following technology, SkyTruth, has showed what it’s worth after pinpointing a tuna longliner allegedly engaged in pirate fishing in...
Skipjack Price Slips To Psychological Barrier
WCPO boatowners have been pulled into panic, as the Bangkok skipjack market sees a further fall; price has slipped to what many describe as the psychological barrier, or major reference point...
EPO Tuna Catch Jumps To 6-Yr Record High
New results show a situation where rising concern for the EPO stock status of some species, comes hand in hand with rising catches. Have conservation measures implemented in the region really...
New Innovative Super Seiner To Join Echebastar Fleet
With a possible 10,000 tons of free school tuna catch on the verge of MSC certification, one of the Indian Ocean’s largest tuna fisheries is about to be joined by the 90 meter ‘Jai Alai’,...
Air Cannon To Sample And Reduce Seiner Bycatch?
Fisheries researchers from Norway have come up with a handy piece of innovation aimed at reducing bycatch in tuna purse seine fisheries, but this one is a little different, as it kind of looks...
Seiner Operator On Trial For Death Crew Member
A tuna fishing and trading group in New Zealand is to face charges for failing to ensure the safety of its workers, following the tragic death of one employee aboard a tuna vessel in May 2012....
Mexican Tuna Catch To Increase With New Vessels?
One of Mexico’s largest tuna fishing companies, Grupomar, will soon be receiving its third and last newly built tuna seiner from Spanish shipbuilders Astilleros Armon, in order to reach the...
Satellite Connected Tablet Revolutionizes PNA Observer Work
Observers working aboard tuna vessels fishing in the largest single skipjack resource in the world are set to begin full scale trials for Electronic Catch Documentation Systems (eCDS), which...
How To Secure The Most Important Food And Money Source For Pacific People
As of today, scientists, resource managers, researchers, fishermen and NGOs will be joining together for a three day long workshop on the future management of Pacific fisheries, at the SPC...
Turkey Plans To Increase Catch 73% Catastrophic For ICCAT
A decision by Turkey to exceed established Atlantic bluefin catch limits has been criticized by the EU, Japan and other ICCAT members during a meeting last week in Madrid, Spain. Some think...
“This Free-School Fishery Clearly Fails To Meet MSC Requirements”
In the view of one environmental NGO, the Echebastar free-school purse seine tuna fishery should not be gaining MSC certification at all. Speaking to Daniel Suddaby, Senior Tuna Manager at...
Somali Pirates Release Longest Held Hostages
After five years held in captivity by Somali pirates, four Thai tuna fishermen have finally been released. The UN has said that this was the longest captivity period conducted by Somali...